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…Who Knows *What* About Me?! Four Tools that Show You How You’re Tracked Online

Tech Soup

According to the brains of Wikipedia , digital footprints* are simply put “the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.” Lightbeam for Mozilla* Firefox users, is an add-on that maps out what first and third-party sites you visit on the web. This page from Cleveland’s Public Library (Woot!)

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Power Up Microsoft Office with Apps

Tech Soup

to see if your nonprofit, charity, foundation, or public library is eligible for the new Office. Bing Maps (Excel 2013) helps you use location data from a given column in Excel 2013 and plot it on a Bing Map. Apps for Office. Bing Dictionary (Word 2013) is not your traditional online dictionary.

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Big Data, Philanthropy, and Health at SOCAP13

Tech Soup

And how can nonprofits and public libraries actually make use of it? CHNA is part of a larger project called Community Commons , an interactive mapping, networking, and learning tool. With the Community Commons tools, people can choose to keep their maps and data private or share them with others. Where does it come from?

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome.

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Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Museum 2.0

Institutions like the Library of Congress and the Powerhouse Museum are getting thousands of quality tags and comments on previously hidden away images. Want to plot all the Wal-Marts on a map over time ? Efforts like Freebase , which hopes to be the wikipedia for data, are giving communities the ability to collaboratively share data.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. Nonprofit organizations, libraries, and educational institutions are experimenting with "user-generated" or community-powered campaigns.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. If you are interested in having your nonprofit listed on the Giving Library, you can apply here. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application.

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